Uzbekistan develops cooperation with ESCAP

    Transport 24 November 2022 1078

    The plenary session of the Transport Committee of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) opened in Bangkok via videoconference. Representatives of the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade took part in its work.

    During the plenary session, the delegations of 53 member countries and 9 associate members of ESCAP considered issues of strategic importance for the development of regional transport and the implementation of the Ministerial Declaration on Sustainable Transport Development in the Asia-Pacific Region.

    Within the framework of the ESCAP Regional Program for 2022-2026, projects on the development of international transport corridors "China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan", "Mazar-I-Sharif-Kabul- Peshawar", "Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran-India", as well as projects initiated in Uzbekistan on improving the safety of international cargo transportation were also considered.

    For reference: The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is one of the five regional commissions of the UN Economic and Social Council, located in Bangkok, Thailand. It was organized in 1947 to stimulate economic cooperation of the participating countries.